Today was an interesting day. A day of learning. For me personally, a day for self awareness. We had a training session at work about emotional intelligence with author of the book ‘Born to Create’ Anne Jacoby. Emotional Intelligence has become a corner stone of a lot of things w have been working now. And this session could not have been at a better time. … Continue reading A Day on Emotional Intelligence
I did not go to college and do my Engineering Degree because I wanted to. I did not know what else to do or did not have any other aspirations. I was ok with studies. And for those who did not have a clear idea on what they wanted to do, engineering was a prospective study area back then. But times have changed now, Kids … Continue reading Why go to college ? A Conversation with my son
When I left my Startup/business efforts and started contracting I wanted to move to a Permanent role if possible. The company I was contracting with had some potential openings and I asked my then manager if I could be considered for the role and he told me in a very polite way that I was not very manageable. He said manageable and I also heard … Continue reading Don’t feel bad, But you are not very Manageable
A good part of my early career was as an employer and a startup guy (before I knew there was a concept called Startup). This goes back to 1993 when I graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut. Straight from college that is what I did. I started a company with a friend. Then after a few years I went on … Continue reading I have more to talk about my failures than my successes.
One interesting statement someone made to me a while back is that we are arguing and that we are in conflict and it is not good. They were right. They made that statement because we were truly arguing about something. And they also had the opinion that argument and conflicts are not good. Is it that simple? I have worked with so many people who … Continue reading Everywhere I worked I had people I did not fully agree with !!
I am sorry if my Layoff reflections are going too far. But this is a writing project I have taken up till I find my next engagement. So those who find these daily musings a bit annoying have an incentive to help me find a job. I am kidding. 😁Things will fall in place soon. But till then say Hi on LinkedIn. It is easy to … Continue reading Laid-Off? Now What? Get Busy !!!
I am also impacted by the layoff. And now #opentowork We all have been hearing of layoffs for a while. Every time I hear that from a company where a friend works, I call them and ask if they are ok. Thankfully none of my friends (that I know) were impacted. But now I am. 😊 This is the second layoff in my career. I don’t know … Continue reading I am also impacted by the layoff
I think there are three things we can do with ideas. If you think you don’t have one, it is probably because you don’t think the one you have is a good one. We all have ideas. We create them from thin air. Ideas do not come after they figure out the implementation. Ideas are there…. many many many…. The First thing we can do … Continue reading What do we do with ideas that come to our mind?
As I write this post, I know there is a possibility that one of my former bosses might be reading this. I just want to say that if you are connected with me I consider you as Manager, leader or Mentor and not a Jerk. I don’t connect with Jerks and I have had only two jerks as my bosses in my entire career. I … Continue reading Note-8 Good Managers, Leaders, Mentors and Total Jerks
When you try to write on a Sunday what comes to mind is Monday. It is not because one hates Sunday, but there is a part of you that is preparing yourself for the next week. I don’t say that in a dreadful bad way, but more as something we subconsciously get ready for in the background. For those folks whose weekends look exactly the … Continue reading Note-3 Romancing with the unimportance
Vinod Narayan 